Chocolate Oat Milk Recipe (2024)

Make your own homemade chocolate oat milk! This recipe is free of refined sugar and preservatives. It’s ready in 10 minutes, has only 4 simple ingredients, and it’s full of nutrients like zinc, iron, and magnesium!

Have you ever tried to make your own dairy-free milk? From nut milk, and soy milk, to oat milk there are so many options. While store-bought plant milk is easy to purchase, it isn’t always the healthiest option. Store-bought plant milk has added stabilizers and sometimes added sugar.

But making your own plant milk at home is easier than you think! It only takes 10 minutes to create healthy homemade oat milk. Plain oat milk is great, but chocolate oat milk is even better! I mean, hello, chocolate! But what makes this chocolate milk better than others is that it not only tastes like a treat, but it’s healthy and made with natural sugar! It’s sweet, creamy, and has a deep chocolate flavor!

💗 Why You’ll Love this Recipe

• Rich and Chocolatey
• Made With All Natural Ingredients
• Refined Sugar-Free
• Easy and Quick to Make
• Rich In Minerals and Vitamins

🥣 Ingredients and Notes

Old Fashioned Rolled Oats: Be sure to use old-fashioned rolled oats, not steel-cut oats or quick oats. Quick oats are too soft, while steel-cut oats are too dense for oat milk.

Cacao Powder: Rich in vitamins and minerals, cacao powder is a healthy alternative to cocoa powder. It’s rich in flavonoids and gives this milk a rich chocolate flavor.

Maple Syrup: Maple syrup is a natural vegan sweetener. It is a good alternative to cane sugar because it is refined sugar-free. Alternatively, you could use a quarter cup of softened dates.

Vanilla Extract: Brings out the flavor of the chocolate.

Pinch of Salt: Salt helps to bring out the sweetness of the maple syrup.

📋 How to Make Chocolate Oat Milk Step by Step

Step 1: Place water, oats, cacao powder, maple syrup, vanilla extract, and vanilla extract into a food processor. Blend until smooth and all ingredients are combined.

Step 2: Add the blended ingredients to a nut milk bag, or cheesecloth. Squeeze as much liquid out as possible into a glass container.

Step 3: Transfer to a glass mason jar, or another airtight container. Chill in the refrigerator before serving!

❓ Recipe FAQS

💭 Expert Tips

• Use cacao powder as a healthy alternative to cocoa powder. However, if you don’t have cacao powder, cocoa powder can be used as a substitute.
• This oat milk has a deep dark chocolate flavor. For a lighter chocolate taste, use 2 tablespoons of cacao powder.
• Adjust the sweetness to your preference. Add less maple syrup for a lightly sweetened beverage, and a few tablespoons more for a sweeter finish.
• Be sure to use a nut milk bag or cheesecloth. This will strain all the blended oats and leave you with a silky smooth creamy drink!
• Use certified gluten-free oat milk if you follow a gluten-free diet.

👩🏻‍🍳 How to Serve

• Drink it as a special treat.
• Use in your favorite smoothie recipes.
• Pour over your morning bowl of oats.
• Mix it into overnight oats.
• Pour over your favorite cereal.
• Add it to your morning coffee to create a mocha!

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